July 14, 2026 8:20 am, EDT | Update: July 14, 2026 10:04 am, EDT Golden Violet tanker arrives at PT Pertamina facility at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg) key takeaways: Oil prices rose on July 14 as fighting intensified in the Middle East. Uncertainty over the future stability of supplies has deepened
Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas, Iran, on July 13, as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion in the background. (Razieh Paudat/ISNA via AP) July 13, 2026 7:53 am, EDT | Update: July 13, 2026 11:26 am, EDT key takeaways: Oil prices surged and
Library friends, welcome back. I hope our American readers enjoyed their holiday weekend and everyone stayed cool amid this terrible heat wave. I have an assortment of updates to keep you on top of your library game: publishing news and opinion pieces, a summer reading list “bonanza”, memoir lawsuits, a UK literary crisis, and more.
Server farms require lots of concrete and steel, both of which require abundant energy to produce. (Lexi Critchett/Bloomberg) July 1, 2026 2:40 PM, EDT key takeaways: Amazon.com Inc. emit the equivalent of about 81 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2025. The company said emissions would increase by 16% from 2024 and 58% from
As Ai Ogura suffocated in the cloud of smoke above the Assen podium, he dodged champagne and history with equal discomfort – yet on the track, he delivered a performance that left rivals in the dust and fans stunned. In a stormy Dutch Grand Prix at Assen, MotoGP’s gladiators grid presented chaos, brilliance and heartbreak
‘TeaThere’s no place like home,” Dorothy announces at the end of The Wizard of Oz, as she departs from the dazzling Emerald City for Auntie Em’s Kansas farmhouse. It’s a powerful metaphor for the way the domestic sphere is often depicted in art: the action, adventure and drama take place “there” in brilliant Technicolor, with
The National Automobile Dealers Association is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia. (John M. Chase/Getty Images) June 26, 2026 3:51 pm, EDT key takeaways: ATD raised its Class 8 sales forecast to 227,000 units for 2026 and 250,000 units for 2027, reflecting improved industry sentiment. Orders in May increased 103% year over year, although year-over-year sales remain
A welder on the Stoughton Trailers production line. (Stoughton Trailers) June 23, 2026 3:23 pm, EDT key takeaways: ACT Research and FTR reported that US trailer orders increased more than 200% year over year in May to nearly 20,000 units. Analysts and leasing executives said replacement demand, dry van normalization and flatbed demand beat seasonal
Published June 22, 2026 02:20 pm When someone got bitten by a tick at her cousin’s wedding in Arkansas, public health researcher Ellie Fawcett knew there was a problem. Not only the tick, which Fawcett easily identified as the American dog tick, a species known to carry diseases such as tularemia (aka rabbit fever) and
Mako Nishimura fought his way up in the Japanese underworld, but drug addiction and the slow dismantling of organized crime gangs nearly destroyed him. By Shawn Williams. Read by Ami Okumura Jones continue reading…